Wolves basketball team concludes WECSSAA regular season with 7-1 record

Aria Pare lays in two of her ten points scored during North Star’s win over Assumption last Wednesday evening.

The North Star Wolves senior girls basketball team had a busy week last week but made the most of it.

After their only loss of the season last Monday, reported in last week’s RTT, the Wolves bounced back with three wins over the next three days. Two of those games were on the road.

The first game was last Tuesday evening (Oct. 21), where the Wolves travelled to Windsor and defeated the Walkerville Tartans 47-15. Head coach Dom Silvaggio said he was able to rotate three lines of players into the game and let the players gain more experience.

The next night, the Wolves returned to their home court to play the Assumption Purple Raiders and won 44-33. The game started slowly for North Star, as they trailed 11-7 after the first quarter.  The Wolves got things going in the second quarter and built a 22-18 halftime lead.

“It was a tale of two halves,” he said. “In the first quarter, we did not play well.”

Assumption has one of the better players in the WECSSAA Tier 1 league and the Wolves started to contain her better in the second quarter and into the second half.

Finishing layups continues to be an issue for the young Wolves team, he said.

“It’s something we have to take care of,” said Silvaggio. “If we make our layups, I like our chances in any game.”

Tyler Lamarche scored 18 points against Assumption while Aria Pare scored ten. Pare agreed the Wolves came out slow in the first quarter but they started going to the basket and hitting shots.

Their defense also played well, Pare added, and she added that is something they practice. Keeping their intensity up is something the Wolves also need to do, she stated, though she is happy with how the Wolves’ regular season went. North Star finished with a 7-1 regular season record.

“I think we’re doing way better than I expected,” said Pare, who pointed out there are only three senior aged players on the team.

The Wolves were in Essex last Thursday afternoon (Oct. 23) and beat a good Essex team 38-34. Lamarche had 13 points for North Star while Lexi Gignac added ten.

The playoff schedule has not been added to the WECSSAA website as of press time.

Wolves basketball team concludes WECSSAA regular season with 7-1 record

By Ron Giofu